Tampa Free Press

A 51-year-old Warren woman pleaded guilty Friday to multiple felony charges after filing a fraudulent state tax return for over $374,000 and using the money to buy a house and a luxury car, officials said. Robin Young entered guilty pleas to one count of residential mortgage fraud exceeding $100,000, one count of using a computer […]

The United States has formally rescinded Syria’s designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday. The move follows the completion of a mandatory 45-day Congressional notification period. Alongside the state-level decision, the State Department also removed the group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) from the U.S. list of Specially Design...

TAMPA, Fla. — Firefighters quickly contained a residential blaze Monday afternoon after heavy smoke was spotted pouring from a home in the Palm River neighborhood. Hillsborough County Fire Rescue dispatchers received several 911 calls around 1:51 p.m. reporting a house fire at 1509 Fish Fin Court. When the first crew arrived, heavy smoke was billowing […]

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a major expansion of secondary sanctions against Iran on Monday, unveiling a campaign dubbed “Operation Economic Outcast” aimed at cutting off Tehran’s international financial connections. Speaking at a Monday news conference, Bessent described the effort as an “economic D-Day” intended to ramp up pressure on the Iranian government a...

State investigators have arrested a man accused of filing dozens of bogus insurance applications for luxury vehicles he never actually owned in an effort to pocket hundreds of thousands of dollars in fake refunds. Adam Otrok was taken into custody on August 6, 2026, following an investigation by the Florida Department of Financial Services Criminal […]